Thursday, October 30, 2014

8th Grade Science Unit 1 Study Guidelines

8th Grade Science

Review:
  • Weekly Vocabulary words for Unit 1 and Week 1 & 2 of Unit 2.
  • What science is and the use of scientific method in problem solving
  • How does inquiry affect  us everyday?
  • Be able to describe and measure the speed of a chemical reaction.  
  • Describe the law of conservation.
  • What is a physical and chemical change?
  •  What evidence might tell you that a chemical reaction has occurred?
  • Define precipitate.
  • What is an atom? 
  • Know the structure of an atom
  • Create a time-line of events that led to the modern models.
  • How is today’s model of the atom developed?  
  • Learn the process of radioactive decay. 
  • Describe carbon dating.  
  •  When is the equation for a chemical reaction balanced?
  • be able to explain exothermic and endothermic reactions.
  • Explain how the periodic table is set up and used.
  •   What affect the solubility rate of a solute within a solution.
  • Define energy and describe how to calculate kinetic gravitational potential energy.
  • How distance traveled compare to displacement? 
  • Be able to tell the difference between a solute, solvent, and solution. 
  • Learn the properties of the representative elements. 
  • What devices have anode and a cathode?